A Man With a Measuring Line
A surveyor sets out to measure Jerusalem and is told not to bother — the city will overflow any wall. Our Father himself will be a wall of fire around her and the glory inside her, and many nations will join him and become his children.
2 1Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."
3The angel speaking with me left, and another angel came out to meet him, 4and said to him, "Run, tell this young man: 'Jerusalem will settle like open country, with so many people and livestock in her.'
5I myself will be a wall of fire around her, declares our Father, and I will be the glory within her.'"
6"Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north, declares our Father, for I scattered you like the four winds of heaven, declares our Father. 7Come, Zion! Escape, you who live with the daughter of Babylon.
8This is what the Father of heaven's armies says—after his glory sent me against the nations who plundered you: whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye:
9For look, I will wave my hand over them, and they will become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know the Father of heaven's armies sent me.
10Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For look, I am coming to live among you, declares our Father.
11"Many nations will join our Father that day and become my children. I will live among you, and you will know the Father of heaven's armies sent me to you. 12And our Father will claim Judah as his portion in the holy land, and again choose Jerusalem.
13Be silent, all flesh, before our Father, for he stirs himself from his holy dwelling."
